On-Site PhD conferral Lennart R.S. Huizing
Supervisor: Prof. dr. R.M.A. Heeren
Co-supervisor: Dr. R.J. Vreeken
Key words: mass spectrometry, molecular diagnostics, drug quantification, cholangiocarcinoma
"High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Imaging for Pharmaceutical and Clinical Applications"
Mass spectrometry imaging is a technique that measures the composition of tissue slices and can visualise the distribution of different components from tissue. This way, for example, the distribution of drugs can be shown or a distinction can be made between healthy and diseased tissue. This thesis aimed towards getting the imaging procedure within a clinical timeframe through the development of a new sample preparation device, where the whole workflow was reduced from 90 minutes to less than half an hour. Furthermore, it describes a new method to quantify drugs in tissue, which aids in visualizing how drugs are absorbed into tissue. Finally, the technique was used to study biopsies of cholangiocarcinoma patients. Here, a link was found between a high level of unsaturated versus saturated sulfatides (a specific type of lipids) and a poorer survival outcome.
Also read
-
09 Sep16:00
PhD Defence Zohaib Salahuddin
"Towards Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging: Explainability, Uncertainty and Clinical Utility of Radiomics"
-
10 Sep13:00
PhD Defence Iva Halilaj
"Leveraging Patient Decision Aids and Decision Support Systems: Towards More Personalised Medical Treatments"
-
11 Sep16:00
PhD Defence Ivo A.O. Beeren
"Cartilage and Bone in Concert: Biofunctional Scaffolds for Osteochondral Regeneration"